{"id":332236,"date":"2025-12-08T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/332236\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:15:14","slug":"puzzle-solutions-for-monday-dec-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/332236\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle solutions for Monday, Dec. 8, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>CROSSWORDSUSA TODAY crossword<img alt=\"-\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"686\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/33f89f6bed5f50e65ab9da2ba77febe4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Play the USA TODAY <a href=\"https:\/\/puzzles.usatoday.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Crossword Puzzle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Crossword Puzzle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Times crossword<img alt=\"-\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"686\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1ce72f4fc81b9bf6dfd0563360ab2e60.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s crossword (McMeel)<img alt=\"-\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"686\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/419611e23d3c3a890107c0510645c8c7.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Daily Commuter crossword<img alt=\"-\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"686\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/02d0e24f0d4f1e42d2344cfcb3d65b00.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>SUDOKU<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Play the USA TODAY <a href=\"https:\/\/puzzles.usatoday.com\/sudoku\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sudoku Game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sudoku Game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>JUMBLE<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HUNCH FLOOD SWITCH DOCTOR<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Answer: The football coach was uneasy on planes, so he was eager for the \u2014 TOUCHDOWN<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)<\/p>\n<p>CRYPTOGRAPHY PUZZLESCelebrity Cipher<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I have less to do with &#8216;The Simpsons&#8217; every season but I stick my nose in &#8230; making sure the show has a soul.&#8221; \u2212 Matt Groening<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)<\/p>\n<p>Cryptoquote<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">WHEN I NO LONGER THRILL TO THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON, I&#8217;LL KNOW I&#8217;M GROWING OLD. \u2212 LADY BIRD JOHNSON<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Distributed by King Features)<\/p>\n<p>Cryptoquip<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SPECIAL DISTRICT PRODUCING MANY FILMS THAT FEATURE ACTRESSES RINGWALD AND SHANNON: MOLLYWOOD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Distributed by King Features)<\/p>\n<p>OTHER PUZZLESBoggle<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">PIN LANE BALL SCORE ALLEY SPLIT<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Distributed by Tribune Content Agency)<\/p>\n<p>Lexigo<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NOSES, SEASONAL, LAPSE, EYESORE, EMPEROR<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)<\/p>\n<p>KenKen<img alt=\"-\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"686\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/43cc8a5f0fb9187b258d5c2cf7059267.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Scrabblegrams<img alt=\"-\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"446\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d5b468c963503f557e6af4160776a740.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>7 Little Words<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Distributed by Andrews McMeel)<\/p>\n<p>Find the Words<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Time for reflection<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Distributed by Creators Syndicate)<\/p>\n<p>Kubok<img alt=\"-\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"686\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4a2fea5406e95e1f1a5bdadd756f4a46.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2025\/12\/08\/usa-today-crossword-puzzle-answers-12-8-2025\/87381388007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Puzzle solutions for Monday, Dec. 8, 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Puzzle solutions for Monday, Dec. 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[144454,49,48,146339,61,144452,144453],"class_list":["post-332236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-andrews-mcmeel","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-matt-groening","tag-technology","tag-tribune-content-agency","tag-usa-today-crossword"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}